Raw recording of a talk I gave at the 10x25 Creativity Conference at Doña Ana Community College in Las Cruces, New Mexico, on Oct. 24, 2025.

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The Aug. 3, 2025 "Desert Sage" letter, read by Algernon. Related reporting: “Flash flood hits hundreds of homes south of Las Cruces” (July 23)

“This Ruidoso barber shop has stood here for 50 years. It is now in a floodway” (July 14)

"'You will be touched.' Ruidoso prepares for more storms and flooding" (July 14) "After floods destroyed homes and left three dead, Ruidoso prepares for more rain" (July 10)

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Algernon D’Ammassa reads his Jan. 26, 2025 “Desert Sage” letter on his birthday, recalling a reporting trip to the New Mexico Legislature and looking ahead to a new job at the Albuquerque Journal.

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